Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the costs/benefits of implementing the cross-docking strategy in a retail supply chain context using a cost model. In particular, the effects of using different typologies of cross-docking compared to traditional warehousing are investigated,...

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of products' characteristics on the performance of three distribution strategies: traditional warehousing (TW), cross-docking pick by line (XDPL) and cross-docking pick by store (XDPS). Design/methodology/approach: Based on a...

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of cross-docking on the retail out of stock (OOS). Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on a three-phase Delphi study consisting of a seeding/literature review phase, a pre-testing phase and a three-round Delphi study....

Purpose: This paper aims to document the impact of inadequately educated workforce on the extent of financing obstacles experienced by firms. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use the data provided by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys to test our arguments. The data were collected...